XVI THE EAGLES OF LOCH ROYAL
XVII RATEL, V.C.
XVIII THE DAY




ILLUSTRATIONS


"Jaws, monstrous and wet, grabbing at him in enraged confusion" . . .
_Frontispiece_

"The owl had lost a foot on the turn

"A shrew-mouse, thirsting for blood, but who got poison instead"

"This one had simply streaked out of the night from nowhere"

"Landed full upon the dumbfounded water-vole--splash!"

"A 'silver tabby' floated among the twigs, looking for him"

"An angry eagle-owl"

"Turning over and over, in one long, sickening dive back to earth"

"That little black-headed fellow doing the stalking act upon that
python was great"